Sports
Sports
Controlling the uncontrollable: athletes’ superstitions and rituals
Men’s tennis player Benjamin Burrows (senior) said competitive sports are inherently mental. Burrows said he and many other athletes partake in rituals or have...
Sports
Women’s tennis finds rhythm after early-season struggles
The Occidental women's tennis team has been on a winning streak, recording three consecutive 7-0 sweeps. The team shut out Whittier March 27 and has...
Sports
‘We-before-me’: student managers star in supporting roles
Occidental sports teams have done well this year, with several teams reaching their respective SCIAC conference tournaments and others with seasons still in full swing. Every sports program at...
Sports
Athletes of the Week Okamoto and Yurich lead playoff push
Olivia Okamoto Olivia Okamoto (senior) is currently the lacrosse team’s leading scorer and has been on All-SCIAC teams from 2023–2025. An attacker from Redmond, WA,...
On Campus
Synccidental to make waves in Taylor Pool
Occidental’s new synchronized swimming club, Synccidental, is hitting the pool deck. The fledging club, co-founded by president Audrey Shawley (first-year) and vice president...
Basketball
Tigers fall to La Verne in close SCIAC game
The La Verne Leopards pinched a hard-fought 75-73 win against Occidental men’s basketball in last Thursday’s conference matchup. Minutes before tipoff, Rush Gymnasium echoed with...
Players Of The Week
Players of the week – February 11, 2015
Mackensie Priley Occidental Softball split their two-game series with St. Katherine College over the weekend, winning the second game 5-4. First-year Mackensie Priley was dominant...
Sports
Swim and dive teams victorious against Whittier Poets
Despite chilly temperatures and sporadic rain showers, the Occidental men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams took to the pool Saturday, overtaking Whittier in...
Sports
NCAA falls short on Penn State punishment
On Jan 16, the NCAA restored 112 wins to the record of the Penn State University football program. One hundred and eleven of those...
On Campus
Vandalism launches Title IX investigation
On Monday Nov. 10, members of the Occidental women's water polo team entered the women's aquatics locker room in the early morning to find...
Sports
Multi-million dollar donations rejuvenate plans for new aquatic center, tennis court
Two seven-figure donations made in November to the college's athletic department have ignited a final push toward the construction of a new aquatics facility...
Basketball
Wells coaches students in sports journalism, basketball
Michael Wells is a man with many titles. He serves as Occidental's Sports Information Director, assistant athletic director and an assistant basketball coach. He...
